Section
General Provisions
159.001 Title
159.002 Intent and purpose
159.003 Interpretation and construction
159.004 Applicability
159.005 Nonconforming uses, buildings, and structures
159.006 Supremacy; effective date
159.007 Definitions
Administration
159.020 Zoning Administrator
159.021 Duties of the Zoning Administrator
159.022 Applications
159.023 Appeals and variances; Board of Adjustment and Appeals
159.024 Conditional use permits and interim use permits
159.025 City permits
159.026 Amendments
159.027 Permits
159.028 Certificate of occupancy
159.029 Fees
159.030 Environmental assessment (EAW) and impact statements (EIS)
Zoning Districts, Permitted Uses and Dimensional Standards
159.040 Districts
159.041 Minimum requirements
159.042 Zoning district map
159.043 Uses
159.044 Floodplain Overlay District
159.045 Planned Unit Development Overlay District
159.046 St. Croix Overlay District
159.047 Lake and Shoreland Management Overlay District
Planned Unit Developments
159.060 Intent
159.061 Definitions
159.062 Exclusions
159.063 Preliminary review
159.064 Application for approval of PUD permits
159.065 Requirements of general development plan for large or complex areas
159.066 General development plan for small areas
159.067 Permits generally; plats
159.068 City permit for site plans and building plans
Structures; Design and Performance Standards
159.080 Minimum standards; purpose
159.081 Exterior architectural standards for commercial, retail, office, industrial, warehouse and similar buildings in nonresidential zoning districts
159.082 Principal buildings
159.083 Accessory buildings and structures
159.084 Security dwelling units in commercial and industrial districts
159.085 Public convenience structures
159.086 Fences
159.087 Exterior storage
159.088 Fallout shelters
159.089 Tennis courts or sport courts
159.090 Interim uses and structures; requirements
Residential Developments and Uses; Design and Performance Standards
159.100 Apartments and other multiple-family uses
159.101 Townhouse developments
159.102 Cluster developments
159.103 Guest houses
159.104 Home occupations
Commercial and Business Uses
159.110 Drive-in business
159.111 Coin-operated machines
159.112 Swimming pools
159.113 Automobile sales and showrooms
159.114 Livestock
159.115 Service stations
159.116 Shopping centers
159.117 Commercial special occasion ceremony venue
159.118 Outside uses accessory to restaurants and similar retail uses in the retail business district
Mobile Homes and Parks
159.130 Manufactured or mobile homes
159.131 Mobile home parks
159.132 Recreational vehicle regulations
159.133 Recreational vehicle park regulations
159.134 Manufactured homes
Environmental Considerations; Access; Nuisances
159.145 Environmental pollution
159.146 Drainage
159.147 Land reclamation and land grading
159.148 Soil conservation plans
159.149 Mining
159.150 Agricultural operations
159.151 Storage of hazardous materials
159.152 Explosives
159.153 Screening
159.154 Landscaping
159.155 Reasonable maintenance required
159.156 Vegetative cutting
159.157 Outdoor lighting
159.158 Access drives and access standards
159.159 Private roads
159.160 Parking
159.161 Off-street loading and unloading areas
159.162 Traffic control
159.163 Nuisances
159.164 Environmental nuisances
159.165 Miscellaneous nuisances
159.166 Noise control
Signs
159.180 Title
159.181 Purpose and intent
159.182 Findings
159.183 Permit required
159.184 Comprehensive sign plan and diagrams
159.185 Definitions
159.186 Signs not permitted in any zoning district
159.187 Private traffic signs
159.188 Political signs
159.189 Real estate development signs
159.190 Construction signs
159.191 Required signs; house numbers
159.192 Permitted in agricultural and residential districts
159.193 Permitted in retail business district
159.194 Religious organizations
159.195 Permitted in PUD districts or uses requiring conditional use permit
159.196 Sign construction
159.197 Wall signs
159.198 Gasoline service stations
159.199 Window signs
159.200 Sign maintenance
159.201 Obsolete signs
159.202 Unsafe or dangerous signs
159.203 Temporary sign permits
159.204 Expiration of permits
159.205 Permit chart
Enforcement
159.220 Violations
159.999 Penalty
Appendix A: Zoning Map
Editor's note:
The Model Code of Washington County Communities, Zoning Ordinance, as adopted February 29, 1980 by the Washington County Planning Advisory Commission, serves as the basis of this chapter with modifications as follows herein.